CVE-2008-4030

Published: Dec 10, 2008Modified: Apr 23, 2026

9.3

Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability: 8.6 / Impact: 10.0

Source: NVD

Description

Microsoft Office Word 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 Gold and SP1; Outlook 2007 Gold and SP1; Word Viewer 2003 Gold and SP3; and Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats Gold and SP1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted control words in (1) an RTF file or (2) a rich text e-mail message, which triggers incorrect memory allocation and memory corruption, aka "Word RTF Object Parsing Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-4028.

Affected (14)

Products: Microsoft: Office, Office Compatibility Pack For Word Excel Ppt 2007, Office Word Viewer, Open Xml File Format Converter, Works, Office Outlook, Office Word

Microsoft

7 products

Office

Office Compatibility Pack For Word Excel Ppt 2007

Office Word Viewer

Open Xml File Format Converter

Works

Office Outlook

Office Word

Configuration A

8 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Microsoft Office	Version 2004
Microsoft Office	Version 2008
Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack For Word Excel Ppt 2007	All versions
Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack For Word Excel Ppt 2007	All versions
Microsoft Office Word Viewer	Version 2003
Microsoft Office Word Viewer	Version 2003 sp3
Microsoft Open Xml File Format Converter	All versions
Microsoft Works	Version 8.0

Configuration B

6 vulnerable · 5 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Microsoft Office Outlook	Version 2007
Microsoft Office Outlook	Version 2007 sp1
Microsoft Office Word	Version 2000 sp3
Microsoft Office Word	Version 2002 sp3
Microsoft Office Word	Version 2003 sp3
Microsoft Office Word	Version 2007

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Microsoft Office	Version 2000 sp3
Microsoft Office	Version 2003 sp3
Microsoft Office	Version xp sp3
Microsoft Office System	All versions
Microsoft Office System	Version sp1 2007